3292 - State Of The Union: Wins & Losses; & Creepy Republican Response w/ Ryan Grim, Francesca Fiorentini
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 03/08/2024
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with , Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Ohio State University, to discuss his recent book Then, she speaks with , writer and fact checker based in Brooklyn, to discuss her recent piece in The Baffler entitled First, Emma runs through updates on the violent crackdown by police (and Zionist mobs) on UCLA’s anti-war encampment, Blinken’s visit to Israel ahead of a likely invasion of Rafah, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian aid, the House’s bogus antisemitism bill, South Dakota abortion rights, Trump’s response to...
info_outline 3329 - Mail Carrier Rebellion; The War Over The FTC & The Republican House Fissure w/ Tyler Vasseur, David DayenThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
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info_outline 3328 - Trump Immunity, Abortion Rights Assault, NLRB AttackThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Peter Shamshiri, or on Twitter, co-host of & the , to discuss the recent oral argumentsat the Supreme Court. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s pre-October 7th war crimes, student anti-war encampments on campuses across the US, Trump’s legal woes and presidential hopes, gender-affirming care in Virginia, RFK’s ballot access, and New York’s Congressional special election, before parsing deeper into Israel’s continuing ethnic cleansing of Gaza, with an invasion of Rafah imminent amid falling...
info_outline 3327 - "Minority Rule": The Right-Wing Attack On The Will Of The People w/ Ari BermanThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Monday! Sam is back from vacation! He and Emma speak with , national voting rights correspondent at , to discuss his recent book First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s imminent invasion of Rafah (in the wake of weeks of bombing), Israeli officials’ fears of ICC arrest warrants, the absurd debate over university student activism and whether silencing free speech is the true free speech, Mike Johnson’s speakership, presidential polling, the UAW, and Kristi Noam’s screwing of the pooch, before parsing deeper through the insane response from University...
info_outline 3326 - Casual Friday! w/ Owen Jones & Kate WillettThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday! Emma speaks with political commentator to round up the week in news. Then she speaks with comedian ! First, Emma runs through updates on the brutal assault on Emory students and faculty protesting genocide and cop-city by the Atlanta police, mass arrests of anti-war protesters on college campuses across the US, Israel’s imminent invasion of Rafah, US troops’ presence in Chad, Trump’s legal woes, Net Neutrality, the climate crisis, and new anti-trans legislation out of Tennessee, before parsing through some rather telling comments from the ongoing Supreme Court...
info_outline 3325 - Power Dynamics Of Adoption; Defying The Supreme Court w/ Gretchen Sisson, Ryan DoerflerThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with , sociologist at the University of California, San Francisco, to discuss her recent book . Then, she speaks with , law professor at Harvard University, to discuss his recent piece in Dissent Magazine entitled , co-authored with . First, Emma runs through updates on Trump’s immunity and hush money cases, the US’ new foreign aid package, Israel’s impending invasion of Rafah, continuing crackdowns on anti-war student protests in the US, Arizona politics, Harvey Weinstein, the TikTok ban, the resignation of Ariel Henry, and...
info_outline 3324 - “Liberal” Companies Union Bust; Saving Rent Stabilization w/ Jeremy Gantz, Leah GoodridgeThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Hump Day! Emma speaks with , contributing editor at , to discuss the recent unionization efforts at Trader Joe's. Then, she speaks with , Commissioner on the New York City Planning Commission and former member of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, to discuss efforts to support rent stabilization in the city. First, Emma runs through updates on the incumbent victories in yesterday’s PA primaries, Trump’s legal woes, the Senate’s Ukraine-Taiwan-Israel aid package, new mass grave reports coming out of Gaza, Biden’s new labor regulations, Elon Musk’s desperate Tesla...
info_outline 3323 - Trump’s Ongoing Trial & Other Legal Quagmires, Explained w/ Randall D. EliasonThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Emma speaks with , white collar crime professor at George Washington University Law School and author of the newsletter, to discuss the recent developments in all of Trump's criminal cases. First, Emma runs through updates on today’s Pennsylvania primaries, Trump’s ongoing hush money case, primary polling, growing backlash to Zionist repression on college campuses, Israel’s bombardment on Rafah, Senate legislation, solar subsidies, FTC policy, Starbucks v. NLRB, Tennessee’s charter voucher bill, and the UK’s new migrant deportation program,...
info_outline 3322 - Environmentalism From Below; Tennessee VW Workers Make History w/ Ashley Dawson, Mike ElkThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
Happy Monday! Emma speaks with , English professor and founder of the at the City University of New York (CUNY), to discuss his recent book Then she’s joined by of the to discuss the recent by workers at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant in Tennessee to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW). Check out Ashley's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2101-environmentalism-from-below Check out the Payday Report here: https://paydayreport.com/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Check out Seder's Seeds...
info_outline 3321 - Avoiding Israel's Regional War; GOP House Slow Motion Meltdown & More w/ Jeet HeerThe Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with , national affairs correspondent for , to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s retaliation against Iran, the US veto of UN Membership for Palestine, Trump’s legal woes, the State Department’s internal reports of Israel’s human rights violations, Mike Johnson’s foreign aid failures, Columbia University’s crackdown on student protesters, FISA, and RFK’s candidacy, before watching Kevin O’Leary continue his campaign as Trump’s PR Rep for New York-based legal battles. Jeet Heer then...
info_outlineIt's Casual Friday! Sam speaks with Ryan Grim, D.C. Bureau Chief at The Intercept and co-host of Counter Points, to round up the week in news. Then, he's joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room! First, Sam runs through updates on yesterday’s State of the Union, Biden-Trump polling, US aid to Gaza, US arms to Israel, ceasefire talks, NATO, US jobs numbers, Iowan fascism, FEC policy, and Donald Trump’s defamation debt, also parsing through the impact of yesterday’s ceasefire protest outside of the SOTU, and Biden’s supposed hot mic moment committing to his insistence that he’ll definitely convince Netanyahu to let in aid sometime soon. Ryan Grim then joins, running through some updates on recent challenges to the Intercept and the mass layoff that hit the company’s unionized staff, before stepping back to assess the absurdity of Biden’s hot mic comments to Senator Bennett and the doubtfulness around Biden doing something new to stop this conflict. Expanding on this, Grim and Sam walk through Biden’s role in pushing unconditional US support for the genocide in Gaza, the oddity of the leaks coming out of VP Harris’ office, and Biden’s history of being a centrist cipher on every issue OTHER than militant Zionism and US imperialism. Next, they parse through Biden’s SOTU statements on immigration, completely turning the notion that “no human is illegal” and continuing to commit to the GOP’s framing on the border, before wrapping up by assessing Biden’s goal for the speech, and how well he accomplished it. Francesca Fiorini and Sam then address the question of who Biden’s SOTU speech was for, explore the vague notions of liberal politics that he promoted with little to no agenda to back it up, and gauge the future of democratic leadership after this election cycle. After briefly touching on Biden’s comments on the whole “gerontocracy” problem, Francesca and Sam wrap up the free half by parsing through GOP Senator Katie Britt’s response to Biden’s State of the Union, and the – ah – pointed reviews from the GOP establishment.
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